Cameroon Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 767-300ER, on a five year lease from Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services. The 244-seater will be used to expand the airline's international network. The four- year-old, ex-CityBird General Electric CF6-powered aircraft fills the void in the airline's long haul fleet after last November's accident involving its 747-200.
Source: Flight International
Air Baltic is cutting 19 routes from its planned summer schedule, and reducing frequencies on others, attributing the decision to delays in engine maintenance for its Airbus A220-300 fleet. The carrier – which was the launch operator for the type – has nearly 50, but it says it is experiencing ...
Advanced propulsion developer Wright Electric has begun initial ground runs of its new high-power electric motor as it continues to weigh up which aircraft will serve as a flying testbed for the engine.
Swiss has disclosed that a flight attendant on the Airbus A220-300 which diverted to Graz with engine problems and smoke in the cabin subsequently died in hospital. He had been among five crew on board the twinjet which had been operating a Bucharest-Zurich service, as LX1885, with 74 passengers on ...
